Michelin inspectors are a bit like the MI5 agents of the food world. They dine in restaurants across the globe totally incognito – no one knows who they are besides their closest family members and Michelin itself. Before they even become an inspector, they have to have at least five years of professional experience in the food industry and go through months of rigorous training. Then they finally become qualified to decide which restaurants make the Michelin Guide and which deserve a coveted Michelin star.
All that is to say, you can trust that these guys know a good restaurant when they see it. Every month, the Michelin Guide unveils a new list of eateries that it deems worthy of recommendation. And in October, 22 UK restaurants made the cut.
The most recent new entries came from all corners of the UK. Nine are London-based (read about those here), two are from Manchester and two hail from Leith in Edinburgh, but several restaurants are in more rural parts of the country. The guide now recommends Eight at Gazegill by Doug Crampton in the Lancashire village of Rimington (where ‘the wholesome yet refined cooking is the epitome of field-to-fork dining’), the Bryntirion Inn in Bala, north Wales (an ‘immaculate, whitewashed roadside inn’) and Coorie Inn in the Scottish village of Muthill (with ‘quality seasonal produce fashioned into fresh-tasting dishes such as North Sea crab with cucumber, apple and chives’).
In its announcement of the October additions, the guide gave a special shoutout to Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling in Newquay. Ugly Butterfly was forced to leave its original home on Carbis Bay Estate after four years in June this year, but it opened at its new location less than a month later and has swiftly earned its place back in the guide.
Michelin said: ‘Come for the stunning views over Fistral Beach and stay for the top-drawer cooking that prioritises using the best local ingredients. Be it Cornish hen or ‘mids’ potatoes, all are treated with great skill and a welcome touch of restraint. Minimal waste is a key tenet here too, so look out for trimmings and offcuts used in drinks, snacks and even post-meal sweets.’
Full list of UK restaurants added to the Michelin Guide in October 2025
- The Chalk Freehouse, London
- Ugly Butterfly by Adam Handling, Newquay
- Bangkok Diners Club, Manchester
- Barry Fish, Leith
- Bellota, Bury St Edmunds
- Coorie Inn, Muthill
- Don’t Tell Dad, London
- Dùthchas, Leith
- Eel Sushi, London
- Eight at Gazegill by Doug Crampton, Rimington
- Greyhound Inn, Pettistree
- Il Gattopardo, London
- LI~LY by Aiden Byrne, Knutsford
- Lai Rai, London
- Myrtos, London
- Pippin’s, London
- Rogues, London
- Stow, Manchester
- TOWN, London
- The Bryntirion Inn, Bala
- Thomas Carr At The Coast, Scarborough
- Tom Lawson at the Psalter, Sheffield
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